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Larry Tesler has died

[iamlost]

Larry Tesler, 74, perhaps most appreciated if not best known as creator/inventor of copy/cut and paste as well as find/search and replace while at Xerox PARC, that veritable Eden of personal computing, foremost advocate of modeless computing, has died.
Note: he also was Chief Scientist at Apple, VP Shopping Experience at Amazon, Head UX at Yahoo...

As is my personality, if I ever hear somebody say something's impossible or extremely difficult, almost impossible, it's a challenge and I always try to do it.

Personal Note: we never met though corresponded occasionally over 2-decades (late 80’s - late 00’s); surprisingly accessible, kind, and generous with advice even influence.

One of the greats of our industry and a truly impressive person.

[not2easy]

I just read about that and it seems like another case of, "why didn't I read about this guy before now?" Where would we be without copy/paste? Changing the mode of your computer to edit text? Well that would slow us all down. A lot. He was a pioneer. R.I.P.

Story: [nbcnews.com...]

[lucy24]

Where would we be without copy/paste?

Not long ago I read an article about how the creation of the 404 response made the Internet-as-we-know-it possible. How many other things are there that somebody had to think of?

[tangor]

More than we can count ... and thanks to those who did!

Sadly there's the obverse of that ... wherein the bad actors find new ways to break everything else!

Metaphorically: where's my torch and pitchfork?